Holder for milk bottles



July, 2l, 1925. 1,547,014

F.l BANTEL.

HOLDER FOR MILK BOTTLES Filed April 28, 1923 jig?. u

"Huhu W Patented July 21, 1925 Q- FRED BAN'IEL, OF MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOR MILK BOTTLES. d 'i Application led April 28, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED BANTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Murphysboro, in the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Milk Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to holders for milk bottles, and the general object of the invention is to provide a holder for this purpose so designed that a bottle of milk as delivered by the milk man may be held upright without any danger of the bottle tipping over.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which embodies a socket within which the base of the bottle may rest, and spring clamps above the socket into which the neck of the bottle may be forced, thus spreading the clamps, the construction being such that when the bottle is inserted within the clamps the clamps will descend to permit the bottle to rest at its base in said socket.

Other objects have to do with the details of construction and operation of parts as will appear more fully hereinafter.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a milk bottle holder constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the construction shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the manner in which the bottle clips are depressed when the bottle is inserted.

Referring to this drawing, 10 designates a back member of any suitable character and 11 a projecting bracket carried upon the lower end of the back member. This bracket is shown as having approximately semi-circular form or semi-elliptical form, and attached to the margin of the shelf or bracket is an upstanding wall 12 of thin metal.

Attached to the base of the back 10 is a metallic plate 13 which is slitted at its sides, as at 14, to provide one or more pairs of longitudinally extending, overturned guides 15. It is my design that the milk bottle holder shall be adapted to hold quarts,

5 pints and half pints, but I do not wish to be limited thereto and it might be designed Serial No. 635,255.

merely to hold a pint bottle, a half pint bottle or a quart bottle. I have illustrated it, however, as adapted to hold two bottles of different sizes and, therefore, two pairs of lguides will be provided.

Between each pair of guides 15 the back 10 is recessed, as at 16, and operating between each pair of guides 15 is a sliding plate 17 which carries the outwardly pro jecting, laterally bowed spring clamps 18 of the character illustrated in Figure 2. Disposed within the recess 16 is a coiled contractile spring 19, the upper end of this spring being inserted in a groove 20 formed in the base of the back 10 and the spring bein'g held in place thereon by the plate 13 or in any other suitable manner. The lower end of the spring 19 is connected to the sliding plate 17 as, for instance, by soldering =or otherwise attaching the lower end of the spring to the plate.

It will thus be seen that the plate 17 is normally drawn upward. When, however, the milk bottle is forced between the spring jaws 18 and let go, the weight of the milk bottle will pull open on the jaws and this will pull down on the plate 17 against the `action of the spring 19 and the milk bottle will settle down into its socket and under these circumstances it will be held from any accidental detachment and from being knocked over or broken, it bein'g understood that under ordinary circumstances the back will be attached to the wall of a house or in a like situation.

As before remarked, I show two clamps for holding the milk bottle with a socket of suiiicient area to hold both bottles. It will be obvious, however, that the device might be made to hold many more bottles than two and the clamps may be adapted to hold various sizes of bottles. The clamping jaws 18 are made of strong material and the outer ends of the clamping jaws are bent outward so as to permit the ready insertion of the bottle neck between the jaws.

A milk bottle holder of the character described comprising a back and provided with a longitudinal recess, a shelf attached to the lower end of the back and extending outward therefrom and having an upstanding wall, a flat metallic plate attached to the front face of the back and out out at the sides of the plate, the cut-out portions being outwardly and then inwardly turned PATENT OFFICE. i

its upper end with the back, the lower end of the spring being operatively connected to said plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

FRED BANTEL. 

